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Rod_Falanga_DOH
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Dec 13, 2023

How do I specify a folder on my D: drive?

I want to set up backing up a folder on my 😧 drive. I'm using OneDrive, related to my Family Edition license. However, when I try to set it up all Microsoft OneDrive gives me are the following special folders:

 

  • Documents
  • Pictures
  • Desktop
  • Music
  • Videos

I don't want any of those. I want a folder on my system's secondary drive, it's 😧 drive. And just one folder and it's sub-folders. I've tried for 30 minutes to figure out how to do it but cannot figure it out. If there's a way of doing it, it isn't easily discoverable.

 

So, can it be done? If so, how is it done?

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  • Mike Williams's avatar
    Mike Williams
    Dec 24, 2023
    There is no inherant advantage. But if you want files on 😧 drive inside OneDrive then you either have to
    1) move OneDrive to 😧 so that the folders on 😧 can be put inside, e.g. if you want D:\X to be in OneDrive then it will have to be set up as something like D:\OneDrive\X
    2) move everything on 😧 you want on OneDrive to a folder inside OneDrive synced to C:
    3) upload D:\X to OneDrive via web-interface, perhaps omitting sync back to C:\...\OneDrive - therafter manually managing uploads.

    As you likely don't have space on C: to hold X files then you'll have to set it up with Files on Demand so that files are only locally present if requested.

    As always, make sure you have an actual backup of your files outside of OneDrive as half the posts to this forum are from people who have lost access to OneDrive, improperly synced files, or deleted the files themselves without realising that deletes all synced copies of those files.

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